Month

September 2017

Kara Walker Is Tired of Talking. But Her Canvases Scream. Kara Walker has had enough. Since her 1994 New York debut, at just 24 years old, at the Drawing Center, she and her artworks have been hailed as “exquisite” “skillful”… Continue Reading →

Listen to Harlem author of Love Changes and Editor in Chief of Harlem World Magazine Eartha Watts-Hicks, chef and food writer at Harlem World Magazine Lil Nickelson, and host Danny Tisdale on the best podcast in Harlem, The Danny Tisdale Show, talk the best of Harlem. During… Continue Reading →

Join Phyllis Wheatley award winner Brooke Obie at the Harlem Book Festival 2017, and Danny Tisdale host of the best show in Harlem, The Danny Tisdale Show. They discuss Obie’s what’s it like winning the Wheatley Award 2017, what makes a great book, her inspirations, of… Continue Reading →

Just 11 percent of affordable units created by de Blasio targets earners under $30K, a report says. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Ben Fractenberg MANHATTAN — With the city’s homelessness crisis unabated, housing advocates are asking why most of the units created… Continue Reading →

Can a Vending Machine Replace a Bodega? A Start-Up’s Plans Draw Fire Don’t mess with the beloved bodega. That was the overriding sentiment online on Wednesday when a start-up suggested its internet-connected vending machines would upend traditional big-city corner stores,… Continue Reading →

Riders should expect service disruptions and delays or take alternative routes, the MTA said. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Stephanie Keith MANHATTAN — Trains along the 1, 2 and 3 lines were disrupted throughout Manhattan during the morning rush because of debris… Continue Reading →

An organizer of Bushwick’s infamous pizza festival has been fired from a limited role in Harlem’s first ever beer festival. View Full Caption Shutterstock HARLEM — The organizer of Bushwick’s ill-fated pizza festival has been forced out from a limited… Continue Reading →

Cornell Tech opened its new campus on Roosevelt Island on Wednesday. View Full Caption DNAInfo/Amy Zimmer ROOSEVELT ISLAND — Cornell Tech, touted as the first campus built for the digital age, officially opened its first phase Wednesday with some of… Continue Reading →